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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

It's that most wonderful time of the week again...yayyyyyy...it's Vintage Things Thursday. That lovely time when we all go visit Suzanne at Colorado Lady
and see what all the vintage wonders are this time. Come on..I can't wait to see...............

This is a post combining two of my vintage loves....Sunbonnet Sue,Hannah and Sarah....looking beautiful in embroidery......... and Chicken Scratch Embroidery.We begin with the girls..Sunbonnet Sue,Hannah and Sarah. May,Molly,Elizabeth and a few other girls could not make it today... their mothers had other chores and plans for the girls. After grandfather plowed up some ground for them..the girls planted some flower seeds that was supposed to grow tall,tall,tall. And here we find the three girls, in their magic secret garden that is taller than themselves.

While the smaller girls are playing..the bigger girls are playing as well. They were making pretty aprons, quilts and pillows doing a stitch called Chicken Scratch. It was said that it was called that because some of the stitches looked like chicken scratching. :)This is a pretty pillow form, put into a large hoop...I already have a very large pillow cover with the same color gingham and the same basic pattern. When I came across this at a thrift store..I just had to have it.

I love this stitching on gingham...it goes way back..and soon, I'm gonna do a post on this almost lost/given up on crafts. I so hate to see any of the needle arts go by the wayside.

Thanks, CC, for keeping the needle arts alive and well. I have the greatest admiration for those who can quilt, sew, embroidery and do all manners of needle crafts. Sunbonnet Sue is my very favorite along with the Southern Belles and Crinoline ladies. Vicki

I have heard of chicken scratch before. It looks like it is fun to do. I have a couple craft type books that have chicken scratch projects. At least I think I do. It would be fun to try it out. Yours looks wonderful. Happy Thursday!

I love chicken scratch, I haven't seen it in years but I remember gasping when I did see it. I tried it but think I always do something awry. Looking forward to your post on it.Love sue, she is another icon that is just so sweet.

I love the Sunbonnet Sue pattern. When I was a little girl, my Granny made me a Sunbonnet Sue quilt and I used it and loved it until it finally fell apart and sort of disintegrated! Happy to see that the pattern is still around. This was such a great post!

I just wanted to let you know that I did quite a bit of Chicken Scratch many years ago. One of my favorite things to make was an aqua colored square dance dress that I made with 8 panels of Chicken Scratch on the skirt. I always received lots of nice compliments when I wore it to dances.

I LOVE chicken scratch embroidery! I haven't done it since... well... let's not talk about that! I haven't done it IN A WHILE! (0; I still love Sunbonnet Sue, but I'm looking forward to seeing more of this too! Oh!.. and even though I've really been one for a while now, I've just OFFICIALLY became a follower! ~tina

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